Fantasy Premier League Player Rankings: Gameweek 18

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Updated on December 21, 2023 9:27AM EST

Welcome to RotoWire's weekly rankings for the official Fantasy Premier League game. The players for our rankings are pulled straight from the expected XIs found on our lineups page.

MATCHES (ET)

3:00 pm: Crystal Palace vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
3:00 pm: Aston Villa vs. Sheffield United
7:30 am: West Ham United vs. Manchester United
10:00 am: Fulham vs. Burnley
10:00 am: Luton Town vs. Newcastle United
10:00 am: Nottingham Forest vs. AFC Bournemouth
10:00 am: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Everton
12:30 pm: Liverpool vs. Arsenal
8:00 am: Wolverhampton vs. Chelsea

For detailed stats and odds, check out the
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 18 Cheat Sheet

PLAYER RANKINGS

Overall Rank	FW Rank	MID Rank	DEF Rank	GK Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Pos	Price	TSB%	Pts
1	1				Ollie Watkins	AVL	AVL v. SHU	F	8.6	46.3	7.33
2		1			Son Heung-Min	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	9.8	42.0	7.29
3		2			Mohamed Salah	LIV	LIV v. ARS	M	13.2	53.7	7.05
4		3			Cole Palmer	CHE	CHE at WOL	M	5.6	21.4	6.98
5			1		Lucas Digne	AVL	AVL v. SHU	D	4.7	4.8	6.94
6			2		Kieran Trippier	NEW	NEW at LUT	D	6.9	42.6	6.87
7		4			Moussa Diaby	AVL	AVL v. SHU	M	6.7	10.3	6.75
8		5			Anthony Gordon	NEW	NEW at LUT	M	6.2	24.2	6.71
9		6			Marcus Tavernier	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	5.4	1.2	6.65
10		7			Anthony Elanga	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	5.0	1.2	6.63
11		8			Richarlison	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	6.7	2.4	6.57
12		9			Leon Bailey	AVL	AVL v. SHU	M	5.6	2.4	6.55
13		10			Alex Iwobi	FUL	FUL v. BRN	M	5.3	1.0	6.54
14		11			Willian	FUL	FUL v. BRN	M	5.3	1.1	6.50
15		12			Bruno Fernandes	MUN	MUN at WHU	M	8.2	10.2	6.44
16	2				Callum Wilson	NEW	NEW at LUT	F	7.8	3.9	6.43
17		13			Raheem Sterling	CHE	CHE at WOL	M	7.1	12.0	6.40
18			3		Trent Alexander-Arnold	LIV	LIV v. ARS	D	8.2	16.9	6.38
19		14			Mohammed Kudus	WHU	WHU v. MUN	M	6.7	4.4	6.37
20	3				Joao Pedro	BHA	BHA at CRY	F	5.4	10.3	6.33
21				1	Bernd Leno	FUL	FUL v. BRN	G	4.8	16.5	6.27
22		15			Morgan Gibbs-White	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	5.7	1.5	6.27
23	4				Dominic Solanke	BOU	BOU at NFO	F	6.8	17.6	6.25
24		16			Luis Diaz	LIV	LIV v. ARS	M	7.4	6.7	6.19
25		17			Brennan Johnson	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	5.8	0.6	6.18
26		18			Simon Adingra	BHA	BHA at CRY	M	5.0	1.2	6.17
27	5				Nicolas Jackson	CHE	CHE at WOL	F	6.9	6.7	6.17
28		19			Pascal Gross	BHA	BHA at CRY	M	6.4	3.1	6.16
29		20			Jarrod Bowen	WHU	WHU v. MUN	M	7.7	21.7	6.09
30		21			Miguel Almiron	NEW	NEW at LUT	M	6.2	4.4	6.07
31		22			Dejan Kulusevski	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	7.1	3.9	6.03
32			4		Pedro Porro	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	5.5	21.3	5.98
33		23			Alejandro Garnacho	MUN	MUN at WHU	M	4.8	2.7	5.95
34		24			Jacob Ramsey	AVL	AVL v. SHU	M	5.9	0.1	5.94
35		25			Wilson Odobert	BRN	BRN at FUL	M	5.0	0.0	5.92
36	6				Evan Ferguson	BHA	BHA at CRY	F	6.0	7.0	5.86
37			5		Alfie Doughty	LUT	LUT v. NEW	D	4.4	0.3	5.85
38		26			Kaoru Mitoma	BHA	BHA at CRY	M	6.5	21.7	5.81
39			6		Harry Toffolo	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.4	0.2	5.80
40		27			Bukayo Saka	ARS	ARS at LIV	M	9.0	58.7	5.77
41		28			Justin Kluivert	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	4.6	0.4	5.73
42		29			Jack Harrison	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	5.5	0.1	5.73
43			7		Antonee Robinson	FUL	FUL v. BRN	D	4.4	1.1	5.69
44		30			Gabriel Martinelli	ARS	ARS at LIV	M	7.7	6.1	5.68
45	7				Dominic Calvert-Lewin	EVE	EVE at TOT	F	5.8	1.2	5.67
46			8		Ezri Konsa	AVL	AVL v. SHU	D	4.5	2.0	5.65
47			9		Malo Gusto	CHE	CHE at WOL	D	4.1	4.2	5.63
48	8				Gabriel Jesus	ARS	ARS at LIV	F	7.9	4.6	5.61
49		31			Luis Sinisterra	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	5.5	0.0	5.61
50		32			Jacob Bruun Larsen	BRN	BRN at FUL	M	4.9	0.0	5.58
51			10		Pau Torres	AVL	AVL v. SHU	D	4.7	7.2	5.58
52	9				Carlos Vinicius	FUL	FUL v. BRN	F	4.7	1.5	5.57
53			11		Diego Carlos	AVL	AVL v. SHU	D	4.4	0.5	5.55
54		33			Hwang Hee-Chan	WOL	WOL v. CHE	M	5.8	11.8	5.54
55		34			Mykhailo Mudryk	CHE	CHE at WOL	M	6.3	0.9	5.54
56			12		Dan Burn	NEW	NEW at LUT	D	4.4	3.3	5.53
57		35			Lucas Paqueta	WHU	WHU v. MUN	M	6.0	1.7	5.50
58		36			Pablo Sarabia	WOL	WOL v. CHE	M	4.7	0.2	5.50
59		37			Michael Olise	CRY	CRY v. BHA	M	5.8	0.3	5.50
60			13		Levi Colwill	CHE	CHE at WOL	D	4.6	6.8	5.48
61				2	Alisson	LIV	LIV v. ARS	G	5.6	10.6	5.48
62		38			Andreas Pereira	FUL	FUL v. BRN	M	5.3	1.1	5.48
63		39			Antony	MUN	MUN at WHU	M	6.8	0.6	5.48
64			14		Luke Shaw	MUN	MUN at WHU	D	5.2	3.4	5.47
65		40			Martin Odegaard	ARS	ARS at LIV	M	8.4	14.7	5.47
66		41			Dwight McNeil	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	5.4	0.5	5.41
67			15		Rayan Ait-Nouri	WOL	WOL v. CHE	D	4.5	0.4	5.40
68			16		Neco Williams	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.3	0.2	5.37
69			17		Sven Botman	NEW	NEW at LUT	D	4.5	5.1	5.33
70	10				Cody Gakpo	LIV	LIV v. ARS	F	7.2	2.2	5.33
71				3	Emiliano Martinez	AVL	AVL v. SHU	G	5.1	10.6	5.33
72			18		Vladimir Coufal	WHU	WHU v. MUN	D	4.6	3.4	5.32
73	11				Rasmus Hojlund	MUN	MUN at WHU	F	6.8	2.9	5.31
74		42			James Ward-Prowse	WHU	WHU v. MUN	M	6.1	9.3	5.31
75		43			Jordan Ayew	CRY	CRY v. BHA	M	5.4	0.3	5.30
76			19		Timothy Castagne	FUL	FUL v. BRN	D	4.5	0.6	5.27
77	12				Jean-Philippe Mateta	CRY	CRY v. BHA	F	4.9	0.7	5.27
78			20		Benoit Badiashile	CHE	CHE at WOL	D	4.4	0.1	5.24
79			21		Jamaal Lascelles	NEW	NEW at LUT	D	4.2	8.2	5.24
80				4	Martin Dubravka	NEW	NEW at LUT	G	4.2	7.4	5.24
81			22		Kostas Tsimikas	LIV	LIV v. ARS	D	4.9	14.5	5.22
82	13				Elijah Adebayo	LUT	LUT v. NEW	F	4.8	0.9	5.20
83		44			Tom Cairney	FUL	FUL v. BRN	M	4.9	0.1	5.20
84		45			Douglas Luiz	AVL	AVL v. SHU	M	5.5	6.7	5.18
85			23		Emerson	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	4.4	0.8	5.16
86		46			Tomas Soucek	WHU	WHU v. MUN	M	4.9	1.7	5.16
87	14				Zeki Amdouni	BRN	BRN at FUL	F	5.3	0.2	5.15
88		47			John McGinn	AVL	AVL v. SHU	M	5.5	1.6	5.12
89		48			Ryan Gravenberch	LIV	LIV v. ARS	M	5.0	0.1	5.11
90		49			Andros Townsend	LUT	LUT v. NEW	M	5.0	0.0	5.10
91	15				Oliver McBurnie	SHU	SHU at AVL	F	5.4	0.0	5.09
92		50			James McAtee	SHU	SHU at AVL	M	4.4	1.0	5.09
93			24		Tosin Adarabioyo	FUL	FUL v. BRN	D	4.3	0.2	5.06
94		51			Bruno Guimaraes	NEW	NEW at LUT	M	5.8	2.1	5.06
95			25		Nelson Semedo	WOL	WOL v. CHE	D	4.5	0.7	5.05
96	16				Jay Rodriguez	BRN	BRN at FUL	F	5.3	0.4	5.04
97			26		Thiago Silva	CHE	CHE at WOL	D	5.0	3.8	5.00
98			27		Milos Kerkez	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	4.4	0.3	5.00
99			28		Virgil van Dijk	LIV	LIV v. ARS	D	6.2	10.1	5.00
100			29		Emerson Palmieri	WHU	WHU v. MUN	D	4.5	0.7	4.95
101	17				Matheus Cunha	WOL	WOL v. CHE	F	5.7	6.0	4.95
102			30		Nayef Aguerd	WHU	WHU v. MUN	D	4.5	0.9	4.92
103			31		Issa Kabore	LUT	LUT v. NEW	D	4.0	4.9	4.90
104		52			Gustavo Hamer	SHU	SHU at AVL	M	5.0	0.2	4.88
105			32		Oleksandr Zinchenko	ARS	ARS at LIV	D	5.2	12.9	4.88
106			33		Aaron Wan-Bissaka	MUN	MUN at WHU	D	4.4	2.2	4.87
107			34		Issa Diop	FUL	FUL v. BRN	D	4.4	0.4	4.87
108		53			Danilo	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	5.3	0.1	4.87
109				5	Lukasz Fabianski	WHU	WHU v. MUN	G	4.2	1.4	4.85
110		54			Eberechi Eze	CRY	CRY v. BHA	M	6.0	2.8	4.84
111		55			James Garner	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	4.9	0.1	4.84
112			35		Ibrahima Konate	LIV	LIV v. ARS	D	4.9	1.5	4.74
113		56			Dominik Szoboszlai	LIV	LIV v. ARS	M	7.1	6.1	4.71
114	18				Jacob Brown	LUT	LUT v. NEW	F	4.9	0.2	4.68
115			36		Lewis Dunk	BHA	BHA at CRY	D	5.0	2.9	4.67
116			37		Kurt Zouma	WHU	WHU v. MUN	D	4.5	1.7	4.64
117			38		Jayden Bogle	SHU	SHU at AVL	D	4.5	0.1	4.60
118			39		Vitinho	BRN	BRN at FUL	D	4.4	0.1	4.60
119			40		Adam Smith	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	4.4	0.1	4.59
120			41		Ben Davies	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	4.3	0.5	4.58
121			42		Jonny Evans	MUN	MUN at WHU	D	4.0	0.8	4.57
122		57			Conor Gallagher	CHE	CHE at WOL	M	5.4	0.5	4.56
123				6	Djordje Petrovic	CHE	CHE at WOL	G	4.5	0.3	4.55
124			43		Cristian Romero	TOT	TOT v. EVE	D	4.9	10.9	4.55
125			44		Ben White	ARS	ARS at LIV	D	5.6	11.3	4.52
126		58			Sean Longstaff	NEW	NEW at LUT	M	4.9	0.4	4.51
127		59			Kai Havertz	ARS	ARS at LIV	M	7.1	1.7	4.47
128			45		Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	BHA at CRY	D	4.0	2.0	4.45
129			46		Marcos Senesi	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	4.4	3.7	4.44
130				7	Daniel Bentley	WOL	WOL v. CHE	G	3.9	1.3	4.44
131			47		Nathan Patterson	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	4.4	0.2	4.43
132			48		Raphael Varane	MUN	MUN at WHU	D	4.9	2.3	4.43
133			49		Toti Gomes	WOL	WOL v. CHE	D	4.4	0.2	4.43
134		60			Pape Sarr	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	4.5	2.3	4.42
135		61			Wataru Endo	LIV	LIV v. ARS	M	5.4	0.1	4.40
136			50		Michael Keane	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	4.3	0.2	4.39
137			51		Craig Dawson	WOL	WOL v. CHE	D	4.5	0.5	4.38
138			52		Jarrad Branthwaite	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	4.1	2.8	4.38
139		62			Joao Palhinha	FUL	FUL v. BRN	M	5.0	0.3	4.33
140			53		Chris Richards	CRY	CRY v. BHA	D	3.9	0.6	4.32
141			54		Gabriel	ARS	ARS at LIV	D	4.9	15.2	4.31
142			55		Max Kilman	WOL	WOL v. CHE	D	4.5	0.7	4.30
143		63			Jack Hinshelwood	BHA	BHA at CRY	M	4.5	0.0	4.29
144		64			Josh Brownhill	BRN	BRN at FUL	M	4.7	0.3	4.29
145			56		Charlie Taylor	BRN	BRN at FUL	D	4.0	5.5	4.29
146		65			Lewis Miley	NEW	NEW at LUT	M	4.5	0.2	4.28
147			57		Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	CRY v. BHA	D	4.7	4.0	4.26
148			58		James Tarkowski	EVE	EVE at TOT	D	4.4	4.4	4.24
149			59		Joachim Andersen	CRY	CRY v. BHA	D	5.0	19.4	4.23
150			60		Felipe	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.4	0.0	4.21
151		66			Jeffrey Schlupp	CRY	CRY v. BHA	M	4.9	0.1	4.20
152			61		Anel Ahmedhodzic	SHU	SHU at AVL	D	4.3	0.2	4.20
153			62		Dara O'Shea	BRN	BRN at FUL	D	4.4	0.2	4.20
154		67			Scott McTominay	MUN	MUN at WHU	M	4.9	2.3	4.20
155			63		Murillo	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.5	0.1	4.20
156			64		William Saliba	ARS	ARS at LIV	D	5.5	35.5	4.17
157		68			Ryan Christie	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	5.0	0.1	4.16
158	19				Cameron Archer	SHU	SHU at AVL	F	4.6	9.0	4.14
159			65		Nathaniel Clyne	CRY	CRY v. BHA	D	4.4	0.1	4.13
160			66		Teden Mengi	LUT	LUT v. NEW	D	3.9	2.1	4.11
161			67		Moussa Niakhate	NFO	NFO v. BOU	D	4.5	0.1	4.06
162			68		Jordan Beyer	BRN	BRN at FUL	D	4.0	1.6	4.06
163		69			Orel Mangala	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	5.0	0.0	4.05
164			69		Amari'i Bell	LUT	LUT v. NEW	D	3.9	3.1	4.03
165			70		Gabriel Osho	LUT	LUT v. NEW	D	4.4	0.0	4.03
166			71		Marc Guehi	CRY	CRY v. BHA	D	4.5	4.1	4.02
167		70			Moises Caicedo	CHE	CHE at WOL	M	4.6	1.3	4.01
168		71			Declan Rice	ARS	ARS at LIV	M	5.4	5.5	4.00
169		72			Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg	TOT	TOT v. EVE	M	5.2	0.3	4.00
170		73			James Milner	BHA	BHA at CRY	M	4.8	0.1	3.99
171			72		Jack Robinson	SHU	SHU at AVL	D	4.4	0.1	3.98
172		74			Ross Barkley	LUT	LUT v. NEW	M	4.9	0.1	3.98
173		75			Ryan Yates	NFO	NFO v. BOU	M	4.8	0.0	3.93
174		76			Mario Lemina	WOL	WOL v. CHE	M	4.9	0.1	3.90
175		77			Amadou Onana	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	4.7	0.2	3.89
176		78			Billy Gilmour	BHA	BHA at CRY	M	4.9	0.4	3.86
177			73		Illia Zabarnyi	BOU	BOU at NFO	D	4.4	0.2	3.85
178		79			Lewis Cook	BOU	BOU at NFO	M	5.0	0.0	3.84
179		80			Joao Gomes	WOL	WOL v. CHE	M	4.9	0.1	3.83
180			74		Auston Trusty	SHU	SHU at AVL	D	3.9	2.3	3.83
181		81			Sander Berge	BRN	BRN at FUL	M	4.7	0.1	3.81
182		82			Idrissa Gueye	EVE	EVE at TOT	M	4.8	0.0	3.79
183		83			Edson Alvarez	WHU	WHU v. MUN	M	5.0	0.1	3.68
184		84			Kobbie Mainoo	MUN	MUN at WHU	M	4.4	0.1	3.57
185		85			Marvelous Nakamba	LUT	LUT v. NEW	M	4.4	0.9	3.53
186		86			Vinicius	SHU	SHU at AVL	M	5.0	0.0	3.47
187		87			Andre Brooks	SHU	SHU at AVL	M	4.4	0.0	3.41
188				8	Andre Onana	MUN	MUN at WHU	G	4.8	14.8	3.31
189				9	Guglielmo Vicario	TOT	TOT v. EVE	G	5.3	8.5	3.18
190				10	David Raya	ARS	ARS at LIV	G	4.9	5.5	2.90
191				11	Jason Steele	BHA	BHA at CRY	G	4.3	2.2	2.79
192				12	Matt Turner	NFO	NFO v. BOU	G	3.9	12.4	2.42
193				13	Jordan Pickford	EVE	EVE at TOT	G	4.4	8.5	2.04
194				14	Dean Henderson	CRY	CRY v. BHA	G	4.4	0.2	1.83
195				15	Neto	BOU	BOU at NFO	G	4.6	3.2	1.72
196				16	Thomas Kaminski	LUT	LUT v. NEW	G	4.5	0.3	1.63
197				17	James Trafford	BRN	BRN at FUL	G	4.5	0.9	1.38
198				18	Wes Foderingham	SHU	SHU at AVL	G	4.5	0.4	1.32